The GBV Sub-Sector led by UNFPA, in collaboration with its partners, the Government of Bangladesh, humanitarian actors, and the Rohingya community, has officially launched the 16 Days of Activism 2025 Against Gender-Based Violence in Cox’s Bazar. Our joint call to action this year is clear: “UNiTE to End Digital Violence Against All Women and Girls.”
Digital violence takes many nefarious forms, including image-based sexual exploitation that disproportionately affects women and girls. Survivors can feel fear, panic and depression and see adverse effects on their relationships, work and social lives. Sometimes digital violence moves offline, threatening physical safety. Adolescent girls face some of the greatest risks of digital violence. Increasingly, the social and emotional development of adolescents is taking place in the virtual world – in online spaces rife with gender bias and misogyny that can fuel violence and inflict lasting mental harm on girls.
Girls belong online; we must all unite to make it a safe space.
In these photos, you will see powerful commitments from the GBV Sub-Sector Coordinator, ISCG, UN Heads of Sub-Offices, and Sector Coordinators. We ask you to stand with us in this fight.
